If you need the 9th bit, then simply read it from RCSTA.0 (as shown in your datasheet) before reading RCREG.

Example;

Received 9-bit data = %1 1010 0011

ric var word

ric.HighByte = RCSTA & %00000001 ' Read RCSTA bit #0 into ric bit #8
ric.LowByte = RCREG

ric now contains %0000 0001 1010 0011